You have been asked to fill the next five or ten minutes. You need fresh ideas, parables, true stories, once-upon-a-time stories. You need this book!
You want something that will hold children's attention and stay in their minds. A story that will give the adults something to think about. You can hear it in the quality of their silence. Good stories command attention. Moreover, they communicate values and ideas in a palatable, non-threatening way - putting flesh on the bare bones of concepts, teaching about life and lingering in the memory.
Contents / Track Listing
PART 1: THROUGH THE YEAR
1. The Knights Who Went to the Coast (Summer)
2. Flower Power (Summer)
3. Slasher, Basher and Wallop (Summer)
4. The Seagull and the Shell (Autumn)
5. Lewis the Leaf (Autumn)
6. Snowdrop’s First Christmas (Christmas)
7. Red Giant and White Dwarf (Christmas)
8. The Tale of Scholar the Rabbit (Bible Sunday)
9. Maisie’s Web (Spring)
10. Noisy and the Hens (Spring)
11. Lovejoy’s Song (Easter)
12. Empty the Bubblewand (Pentecost)
13. Dr Good and the Strangers (All Seasons)
14. The Three Trees (All Seasons)
15. The Most Important Job (All Seasons)
PART 2: ACROSS THE CENTURIES
16. Polycarp (Second Century)
17. Possessions (Fifth Century)
18. Educating Alfred (Ninth Century)
19. The Grace Cup (Eleventh Century)
20. The Bishop and the King (Twelfth Century)
21. Friar Bacon Experiments (Thirteenth Century)
22. Family Values (Fourteenth Century)
23. Tax Free! (Fifteenth Century)
24. Teamwork (Sixteenth Century)
25. A Question of Survival (Seventeenth Century)
26. Deceived! (Eighteenth Century)
27. What Betsy Did (Nineteenth Century)
28. No Fleas! No Bugs! (Twentieth Century)
PART 3: AROUND THE WORLD
29. Planting Norman (Guinea Bissau)
30. Mama Njina’s Gift (Kenya)
31. Fire! (Ivory Coast)
32. Raju’s Birthday (India)
33. Kidnapped! (Nepal)
34. Consequences (Haiti)
35. Faith Academy (Philippines)
36. Spending Power (Panama)
37. Smokey the Bear (USA)
38. First Things First (Brazil)
39. Ah Tee’s Secret (Singapore)
40. Heart Transplant (Kosovo)
PART 4: INTO GOD’S WORD
41. Eavesdropping (Moses and the bronze serpent)
42. Winning God’s Way (Battle of Jericho)
43. Eighth Time Lucky (Samuel anoints David)
44. Perfect Timing (Elisha and the Shunamite woman)
45. The Boat Trip (Jesus calms the storm)
46. True Greatness (Jesus teaches his disciples)
47. Account number 54321 (Parable of the unforgiving servant)
48. Meet Mary (The resurrection)
49. The Promise (Day of Pentecost)
50. What an Answer! (Peter in prison)
ISBN: 9781842912775
Catalogue code: N/A
Publisher: KINGSWAY - published 15/05/2006
Format: Paperback